Author Topic: [HAMR] Tarzan (Kurt Searvogel)  (Read 450701 times)

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1200 on: 16 February, 2015, 05:51:03 pm »
My German friends can't work out what kind of bird Kurt is.

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1201 on: 16 February, 2015, 05:54:48 pm »
Burnt seagull

(reminds me of that concord joke)

LMT

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1202 on: 16 February, 2015, 09:23:28 pm »
Tarzan's cooking on gasoline.

185 miles and still roughly 3 hours of riding time still to go.

hillbilly

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1203 on: 16 February, 2015, 10:44:56 pm »
My German friends can't work out what kind of bird Kurt is.

A bad ass mother f**ker of a bird.

LMT

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1204 on: 17 February, 2015, 12:11:57 am »
228 miles on the tracker and he is still going!! :o

Anyways, I'm off to bed.

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1205 on: 17 February, 2015, 12:16:32 am »
Chapped lips, and a touch of sunburn on the latest selfie

hillbilly

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1206 on: 17 February, 2015, 05:12:35 am »
And here was me thinking Steve put in a big ride yesterday, before Kurt posted his track and recalibrated the meaning of big. 

It's like a slap across the chops with a wet fish to the thought that Kurt might be frazzled after Sebring.

http://youtu.be/IhJQp-q1Y1s

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1207 on: 17 February, 2015, 09:18:48 am »

Auntie Helen

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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1208 on: 17 February, 2015, 09:34:29 am »
The comments are awful - makes me ashamed to be a Brit!
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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1209 on: 17 February, 2015, 09:48:55 am »
They don't seem too bad - mebbe there has been some pruning.

I was initially anti-Tarzan (bloody Yanks, coming over here, taking our women, etc) but I have to say that his humour and impressive speed is getting me to like him. I still want to see Steve get and hold the record, but I'd hate for Tarzan to end up not finishing due to breakdowns or an accident (or, CyclingDiety forbid, psychological pressure).
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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1210 on: 17 February, 2015, 09:54:38 am »
I think they have been pruned, there was a comment from Hoppo telling people to get their facts straight before criticizing Tarzan

Auntie Helen

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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1211 on: 17 February, 2015, 10:21:55 am »
I read about two hours ago loads of comments that Steve's conditions were much harder (weather, wind) and that Tarzan was riding on the flat. Hoppo had responded to several but I guess they've given up and just pruned 'em which is a good thing.
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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1212 on: 17 February, 2015, 10:23:30 am »
I think they have been pruned, there was a comment from Hoppo telling people to get their facts straight before criticizing Tarzan

Nice one Hoppo. I saw the article early on and some of the comments were bang out of order.

clarion

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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1213 on: 17 February, 2015, 11:00:36 am »
I'm puzzled by the latest FB comments.  Is he temporarily without support?
Getting there...

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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1214 on: 17 February, 2015, 11:47:21 am »
And here was me thinking Steve put in a big ride yesterday, before Kurt posted his track and recalibrated the meaning of big. 

It's like a slap across the chops with a wet fish to the thought that Kurt might be frazzled after Sebring.

Average HR still under 100bpm too. Phenomenal.
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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1215 on: 17 February, 2015, 12:00:46 pm »
I'm puzzled by the latest FB comments.  Is he temporarily without support?
Sounds like Alicia had a day off, doesn't it?
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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1216 on: 17 February, 2015, 12:21:07 pm »
And here was me thinking Steve put in a big ride yesterday, before Kurt posted his track and recalibrated the meaning of big. 

It's like a slap across the chops with a wet fish to the thought that Kurt might be frazzled after Sebring.

Average HR still under 100bpm too. Phenomenal.

It's looking like he is a pretty special athlete.

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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1217 on: 17 February, 2015, 12:47:53 pm »
I'm puzzled by the latest FB comments.  Is he temporarily without support?

IRTA "temporarily without supper".  This strikes me as being a Bad Thing.
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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1218 on: 17 February, 2015, 01:04:35 pm »
I finally remembered the song title for him - done by Dolly Parton when she was still a teen (18 I think although she might have been younger).
 
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  :thumbsup:

 Still prefer the sheer British aesthetism of Steve's Style though.

clarion

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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1219 on: 17 February, 2015, 01:19:50 pm »
I'm puzzled by the latest FB comments.  Is he temporarily without support?

IRTA "temporarily without supper".  This strikes me as being a Bad Thing.
He would have had to be a very very naughty boy indeed for that. ;D
Getting there...

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1220 on: 18 February, 2015, 01:24:10 am »
210 miles at 20.5 for today....

Jack_P

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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1221 on: 18 February, 2015, 10:48:54 am »
Interesting that yesterday for the first time Kurt stopped while out on the bike for longer than Steve, the effect of no support from Alicia or has he posted more problems.

On his day 39 he is now 600 miles up on Steve on like for like days, its early but even that is a scary distance to make up, 3 days behind.
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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1222 on: 18 February, 2015, 12:38:15 pm »
Another way to look at it (and there are many, I know): over the last 8 days (a short and arbitrary period, based on when I started copying the stats at the bottom of Jo's progress graph visualization), Steve's ave miles per day has gone up steadily by 1.7 to 187.9 whereas Kurt's has stayed at 201.4.

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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1223 on: 18 February, 2015, 10:45:38 pm »
Has Tarzan had another lift in the support vehicle?

I reckon they've driven a few miles to the Trail Glades Range and he's gone out again after parking the camper van. It's another big day though, but 210 miles already?
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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #1224 on: 18 February, 2015, 11:31:02 pm »
And 45 minutes later, 223 recorded miles. This bloke's incredible.
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